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174 Organizations are MidTown members.
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194 Meetings from outside organizations hosted at the MidTown office in the first half of 2017
141 237,500 Companies visited by MidTown staff through the Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative
84
%
of participating Retention Initiative organizations received services from MidTown
non-residential development SQUARE FEET ofunder construction in MidTown
152
$
Current and planned real estate investment 2016-2018
MILLION
WELCOME CLEVELAND CO-LABS
MidTown is unlike any other neighborhood in Cleveland. Our workers turn out an array of products three shifts a day. Our startups teach, code, and create. Our venues thrill thousands each year. Our nonprofits support families and advance the region’s economy. Our transit line is a national model. Our food reflects our rich range of cultures. Our living options cover the full spectrum, from affordable housing to luxury townhomes. Our history — of innovation, of creativity, of diversity — is on display in everything we do. MidTown defies easy categorization. So when MidTown
continuing the dialogue that began with our strategic
Cleveland, Inc. adopted a new mission statement to go
plan and listening to the community to meet its needs.
along with a new three-year strategic plan, we chose to
We’ve also refreshed the identity of the organization
steer directly into our diversity and take an active role in
to better represent our new direction. Our brand will help
sewing these disparate parts together into one amazing
us tell the story of the amazing things going on in our
whole: We leverage our diverse assets to develop a
community and reflect the activity taking place in the
dynamic neighborhood that unites the city’s downtown
neighborhood. We will harness our momentum and create
and innovation districts.
opportunities to build MidTown into a place where people
We developed this mission to be responsive to
want to spend time and feel welcome.
the diversity and growth that define MidTown. Every
Thank you to our board and staff for their leadership
day our team wakes up and dedicates themselves to
and dedication, to our members for their financial
this common goal: creating a dynamic and connected
support, and to all of you who make MidTown a thriving,
neighborhood — with a sense of place — where all
eclectic community. We're eager to continue our efforts to
people feel welcome and engaged. We look forward to
build a connected, inclusive, and dynamic neighborhood.
Lloyd Bell
Jeff Epstein
CHA IRM AN, BOARD O F D IRECTO RS
E X ECUT I V E DI R ECTO R, M I DTOW N
JOE BANKER
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Our Vision for Realizing a Complete Neighborhood
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MidTown’s strategic plan has four main goals, and this report is organized around those goals, focusing on key objectives and achievements in each aspect of our work CONNECTION | CRE ATING PLACE | COMMUNICATION | CAPACITY
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Connection CONNECTING
Connecting the MidTown Community
Engaging the Town The MidTown neighborhood, with its mix of businesses, nonprofits, residents, and visitors, is a microcosm of Cleveland – the Town to the City.
At top MIDTOWN COMMUNITY HAPPY HOUR
Community is built when those unique assets are
opportunity. We’ve taken concrete steps to develop
connected to one another to make the sum greater than
a stronger sense of community between and among
the whole of its parts. MidTown Cleveland, Inc. weaves
the organizations, residents, and businesses here.
its disparate pieces into a connected community by
We’re also working to better connect MidTown to the
listening and responding to stakeholder needs, building
neighborhoods surrounding it, linking assets, spreading
pride, providing essential services, and spreading
career opportunities, and breaking physical boundaries.
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CONNECTION RO N & M A R I A F U Q UA
MIDTOWN IS HOME TO NEARLY 2,000 RESIDENTS, and MidTown Cleveland, Inc. is working — for the first time — to engage their voices in shaping the area's future. Longtime residents Ron and Maria Fuqua have witnessed the evolution of a neighborhood. Tucked away between Chester and Euclid on 75th Street is the Inglewood Historic District, the smallest historic district in Cuyahoga County. The Fuquas established the district and live in a wooden framed home designed by Charles Schweinfurth, the architect who built the Mather Mansion and Trinity Cathedral. “When we bought our home in 1991, we were so excited about our historic home and wanted East 75th Street to be the gateway to MidTown,” said Ron. Over the years, the Fuquas have put their heart and soul into preserving the homes on the street. “For the first time, MidTown Cleveland, Inc. has engaged us to talk about the future of our neighborhood and the potential that’s here."
RON FUQUA, MIDTOWN RESIDENT
We see a place to live on East 75th but we also see a place where people can come together and experience the historic nature of MidTown.
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Connection
Continuing a Tradition of Service MidTown Cleveland Inc. has launched a variety of innovative programs and pilots this year — many of them through strong partnerships and collaborations — all aimed at strengthening community ties and expanding opportunity within the neighborhood and beyond.
Select Programs
Global Employee Workshops
Nonprofit Networking Events
MidTown Community Happy Hour
A partnership with Global
Gatherings to engage
An ongoing series of
Cleveland to to highlight
the directors of the
community Happy Hour
hiring refugees and
fifty-five nonprofits
events open to all
international talent
located in MidTown
employees and residents
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AMERICAN RED CROSS
M AG N E T
OHIO GUIDESTONE
Step Up to Manufacturing Pilot Program
Health-Tech Corridor Pitch Night
Connecting local manufacturers with workforce agencies to fill
COMING SOON
COMING SOON
Community Teaching Kitchen
DigitalC MidTown Tech Hive
Providing opportunities for
A space in the new Dave’s
A neighborhood innovation
health-tech startups to seek
offering community classes in
space with coworking
jobs with residents of MidTown
awards – in collaboration
collaboration with University
and community tech
and surrounding neighborhoods
with Insivia and OHTec
Hospitals and others
programming and classes
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A Comple Neighborh It takes more than just people to make a strong neighborhood — a cohesive built environment is the path to a complete neighborhood.
This page FOOD TRUCK AL FRESCO AT C H O M P
A complete neighborhood has businesses,
Attracting and shaping real estate investment
organizations, residents, and amenities. It’s walkable.
is a key way for MidTown to achieve its goal of
It has gravity, and feels like the right scale to
becoming a complete neighborhood. The $152
pedestrians, bikers, and motorists alike. MidTown
million of development underway or planned
Cleveland Inc. seeks to transform our community
from 2016-2018 will help fill in the neighborhood
into a complete neighborhood, to create a community
and transform MidTown from a pass through to a
that sparks catalytic growth without spurring
destination, with new office and coworking space,
displacement, and to connect the nodes of activity
residential, hotel, museum, entertainment,
where investment is taking shape.
and food amenities.
CLEVELAND-BASED DAVE’S SUPERMARKETS
will open a new flagship location at Chester Avenue and East 61st Street in 2018. The market will include prepared food from local restaurant operators, a teaching kitchen, a community space, a drive-through pharmacy, and a bank. “We want this Dave’s to be a resource for the community,” said the Saltzman family, owners of Dave’s. “We want to provide a high-level of service, and be a place people want to gather.”
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Creating Place
S A L T Z M A N F A M I LY D a v e's S u p e r m a r k e t s
We have a lot of excitement about being a part of everything in the neighborhood, and we look forward to continuing to serve MidTown.
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Creating Place
Turning MidTown into a Hometown In 2013, MidTown Cleveland, Inc. commissioned a study that identified demand for at least 200 new units of housing — four years later, we have nearly reached that number with the residential projects in our pipeline. In addition, a forthcoming hotel and a range of streetscape improvements will further round out the neighborhood.
One MidTown Boston-based Vazza Real Estate Group recently broke ground on One MidTown, a 23-unit modern luxury townhome project on Euclid Avenue and East 73rd Street. Designed by Dimit Architects, the townhomes will take advantage of their location in the heart of ONE MIDTOWN
the Health-Tech Corridor. “In our hometown, we have seen positive growth in health and tech districts. We see a lot of similarities in MidTown," said Derek Holt of Vazza. "We are convinced that within five years it will be a completely different neighborhood.”
Enhancing Environments
Euclid Bridge Lights
This colorful bridge at East 55th and Euclid continues to brighten its corner of the community thanks to a donation of LED wall packs from Philips Lighting that Cleveland Public Power helped install.
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Innerbelt Lofts This 56-unit redevelopment of a vacant office building opened earlier in the summer. Designed by MidTown architecture firm LDA under the guidance of longtime MidTown Cleveland
I N N E R B E LT L O F T S
developer and contributor J&M Real Estate Advisors, the
C L E V E L A N D H O L I DAY F L E A at the Masonic Auditorium
space features a mix of unique studio, one, and two bedroom units located just blocks from Cleveland State’s campus.
Tru by Hilton Health Tech Hospitality LLC is will bring the first Tru by Hilton hotel to Cleveland at East 69th and Euclid. “We are excited to be alongside companies and cultural assets in MidTown,” said project architect Chris Kaczmar of the project — one of the first of its kind in the country. “We’re thrilled to bring this new hotel to Cleveland and to MidTown, and see the momentum in the neighborhood continue to skyrocket.”
Innerbelt Bridge Artwork
T R U B Y H I LT O N
In partnership with the Campus District, Cleveland State University, J&M Real Estate Advisors, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland, MidTown will soon install artwork on the Innerbelt-spanning Euclid Avenue bridge. A panel of local community members selected artist Darius Steward to design the artwork.
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We are the Town in the heart of the City. In the Town, you can find world-class hospitals putting down roots next to legacy manufacturers, historic concert venues near leading architectural firms, and residential housing built to accommodate the talent driving the region’s economy. The Town celebrates the dynamism, accessibility, and growth of our community at a neighborhood scale. Throughout our strategic planning process, we learned
identity that captures the eclecticism and promise
that many in MidTown had trouble thinking about
of our community. Our new brand will evolve and
the area as a cohesive place. To help shape our story,
expand with our growing neighborhood, celebrating its
we partnered with Flying Hand Studio to create an
accomplishments and highlighting its many stories.
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T H E M A N Y S I D E S O F M I D T O W N M A K E I T A N I D E A L V E N U E F O R R E A L I Z I N G Y O U R V I S I O N , W H AT E V E R I T M AY B E
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Telling Our Story Part of building the narrative of a neighborhood is shaping how people experience or interact with a place — and how they share its story.
This page EXHIBITS TA K E S H A P E AT T H E M U S E U M
MidTown is home to incredible destinations that
Dunham Tavern continues to attract thousands each
attract thousands of visitors each year. The Agora
year to their historic buildings, barn, and greenspace
Theatre and Masonic Temple will see millions of
and promises even more events and outreach in
dollars of improvements in the next twelve months,
2018. The Cleveland Asian Festival draws over
attracting even more visitors and adding a new
40,000 people to Asiatown each May. These events
dimension to MidTown – an entertainment district.
continue to enrich the cultural fabric of MidTown.
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND
will soon open in its new home — Euclid Avenue’s Stager-Beckwith mansion. "We imagined how this home could be transformed through the support of generous donors and foundations," said Maria Campanelli, the executive director of the museum, which, in its old location, drew more than 100,000 visitors annually. "We are able to open our doors to serve all of Northeast Ohio’s children in a vibrant neighborhood easily accessible from Cleveland’s east side and west side.”
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The Children’s Museum of Cleveland in MidTown is where communities can come together, where kids play with a purpose and where families reconnect.
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A Story of Growth & Momentum This past year, the Health-Tech Corridor Attraction Fund, a partnership between JumpStart, Inc. and the HTC, made its first investments to attract new tech companies to MidTown — the latest news in the longrunning narrative about the area’s reputation for fueling creativity and innovation. The fund, seeded by the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Foundation, and Ohio's Third Frontier invested $250,000 to attract Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc., the maker of the VizZle special education teaching software, and $250,000 to bring Employstream, a cloud-based hiring
March 31, 2017
and onboarding platform, to the neighborhood. The $2
Monarch lands $250,000 investment from JumpStart, plans move to Cleveland
million HTC Attraction Fund is part of Jumpstart Inc.’s larger $10 million Evergreen Fund that invests seed money in high potential companies in Northeast Ohio. Together with the dozens of health-tech and high-tech firms growing
F R E S H WAT E R C L E V E L A N D
in MidTown, these newcomers are changing the story about what is possible in MidTown and Northeast Ohio.
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FRANK MILLER
Making Headlines S E L E T I O N S F R O M O U R M E D I A C OV E R AG E
December 18, 2016
MidTown attracts the interest of more developers CRAIN’S CLEVELAND
January 24, 2017
CSU study: Jobs doubled along Euclid Avenue after completion of HealthLine THE PLAIN DEALER
June 5, 2017
February 9, 2017
Group has high-level hopes for MidTown
Business booming on the Health-Tech Corridor
CRAIN’S CLEVELAND
CRAIN’S CLEVELAND
June 6, 2017
March 27, 2017
MidTown Tech Hive will blend coworking, digital education on the Health-Tech Corridor
Dealer Tire revs up longvacant Victory Center in Cleveland’s MidTown
THE PLAIN DEALER
THE PLAIN DEALER
June 15, 2017
April 5, 2017
MidTown neighborhood drives Cleveland to the head of high-tech class
JumpStart investment lures upscale talent to Health-Tech Corridor
NEWS 5 CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND 19 NEWS
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C O M M U N I CAT I O N
DEALER TIRE
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Capacity
CONNECTING
Connecting the MidTown Community
Strengthe MidTown While the internal work of an organization may not be as exciting as a new grocery store, housing project, or hotel, the MidTown team’s efforts remain critically important to ongoing success of the neighborhood.
At top BIRTHING B E AU T I F U L COMMUNITIES
To accomplish all that we’ve set out to complete in our new
activities. As a lean staff of four (plus interns), MidTown
strategic plan, we must establish and cultivate a strong
Cleveland, Inc. takes pride in working with our board,
organizational structure that includes an engaged board,
members, community partners, and volunteers to get all
high performing staff, and ongoing revenue generating
we possibly can out of the resources entrusted to us.
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NEWBRIDGE
G A R D E N O F F L AV O R
DEALER TIRE
JEFF EPST EI N , M I DTOWN CL EV EL AN D I N C. EX ECUT I V E D I RECTO R
We’re strengthening our organization to do even more to serve the community in a way that reflects the vibrancy and diversity of MidTown. The amazing stories of these organizations and people inspire our staff and board every day as FRANK MILLER
we work to develop this unique neighborhood.
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C A PAC I T Y
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2016-201 Members Campaign Contribut $50,000-$100,000 Minute Men, Inc.
1-888-OhioComp & Complete Payroll Management MEMBER SINCE 1989
Parkwood Corporation MEMBER SINCE 1983
$25,000-$49,999 Dealer Tire
MEMBER SINCE 1993
$10,000-$24,999
Applied Industrial Technologies MEMBER SINCE 1983 Cromwell Mechanical LLC+ MEMBER SINCE 2012 Flying Hand Studio+ MEMBER SINCE 2017
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District MEMBER SINCE 1983
University Hospitals +
Walthall CPA
MEMBER SINCE 2008
MEMBER SINCE 2010
$5,000-$9,999 Central Cadillac
$1,000-$2,499
Albert M. Higley Company MEMBER SINCE 1983
Acme Express, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1993
American Red Cross MEMBER SINCE 1983
American Sugar Refining Co. MEMBER SINCE 2010
ARC/ Riot + MEMBER SINCE 2008
Athersys, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2000
Bialosky & Partners Architects MEMBER SINCE 2016
Burger King MEMBER SINCE 2007
Cadillac Music Corporation MEMBER SINCE 2000
Burkle Hagen MEMBER SINCE 2017
City Architecture, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1990
Centers for Families & Children MEMBER SINCE 2005
The City Mission MEMBER SINCE 1993
Cleveland Heart Lab MEMBER SINCE 2016
Colony Hardware Company MEMBER SINCE 2015
Cleveland Masonic and Performance Arts
Contractors Supply MEMBER SINCE 2017
Center MEMBER SINCE 1983
Frost Architectural Preservation, Inc.
Crescent Digital LLC MEMBER SINCE 2016
MEMBER SINCE 2011
Cumberland Development MEMBER SINCE 2007
Dave’s Supermarkets MEMBER SINCE 1993
D. O. Summers MEMBER SINCE 1990
Fairport Asset Management, LLC MEMBER SINCE 1983
Dodd Camera Company MEMBER SINCE 1994
First National Bank MEMBER SINCE 2017
Dubick Fixture & Supply Co. MEMBER SINCE 1985
Harrington Electric Company MEMBER SINCE 1984
Esmond Group, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2001
Health-Tech Hospitality MEMBER SINCE 2017
Fashion Architectural Design MEMBER SINCE 2010
HP Manufacturing MEMBER SINCE 1994
General Video of America MEMBER SINCE 1989
Industrial Realty Advisors MEMBER SINCE 2017
HzW Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Insivia Strategic Marketing & Sales
MEMBER SINCE 1983
$500-$999
MEMBER SINCE 2005
MEMBER SINCE 2013
InterContinental Hotel MEMBER SINCE 1990
Jencen Architecture MEMBER SINCE 1984
Jumpstart MEMBER SINCE 2012
Kenneth Coleman MEMBER SINCE 1989
Juniper CRE Solutions MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2009
Legal News Publishing Company MEMBER SINCE 1989
Karpinski Engineering MEMBER SINCE 1989
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
MAGNET MEMBER SINCE 2016
KeyBank MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 1991
Meaden & Moore MEMBER SINCE 2013
LDA Architects, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2014
Moskey Dental Laboratories, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1990
MPC Plating, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1987
Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC
North Coast Commercial / 3311 Perkins
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Limited MEMBER SINCE 2017
Oriana House, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2001
Ohio Addressing Machine Co. MEMBER SINCE 1989
Pierre’s Ice Cream MEMBER SINCE 1989
PIRHL MEMBER SINCE 2017
ProCleve Investments, Ltd. MEMBER SINCE 1984
Positive Education Program MEMBER SINCE 1996
Recovery Resources MEMBER SINCE 1997
Royal/Acme Corporation MEMBER SINCE 1993
Sussen Foundation, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1983
Strategy Design Partners MEMBER SINCE 2017
Sussen Self Storage MEMBER SINCE 2001
The Inspirion Group MEMBER SINCE 2016
Taxel Image Group+ MEMBER SINCE 1983
Transaction Realty MEMBER SINCE 2015
Vazza Real Estate MEMBER SINCE 2017
Tribco Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1983
Welty Building Company Ltd MEMBER SINCE 2017
Vocon Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2008
Cleveland Clinic MEMBER SINCE 2002 Cleveland State University
MEMBER SINCE 1997
Geis Companies / Hemingway Development
Buckeye Business Products
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Third Federal Savings & Loan thunder::tech+
MEMBER SINCE 2012
MEMBER SINCE 2004
$2,500-$4,999 Abeona Therapeutics Inc. CRESCO
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2016
Excalibur Auto
MEMBER SINCE 2015
Greater Cleveland Partnership+
MEMBER SINCE 2017
J & M Real Estate Advisors, LLC
MEMBER SINCE 1992
Mussun Sales, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1993 PNC Bank MEMBER SINCE 1983
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Includes in-kind contributions
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P ERIO D
September 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017
$250-$499
A & S Distributors MEMBER SINCE 2007
Ohio Guidestone MEMBER SINCE 1997
Green Ribbon Coalition MEMBER SINCE 2017
American Civil Liberties Union MEMBER SINCE 2003
Omega Research Group MEMBER SINCE 2017
Gust Gallucci Company, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2013
American Coffee Services MEMBER SINCE 1987
Oswald Companies MEMBER SINCE 2017
Hoff & Leigh MEMBER SINCE 2017
Asia Plaza Company MEMBER SINCE 1992
Penn Square MEMBER SINCE 2017
Hot Signz MEMBER SINCE 2002
Bob Brown Consultant MEMBER SINCE 2017
Priority Vending, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2002
Housing Research & Advocacy Center
Buschman Corp. MEMBER SINCE 1990
Produce Packaging, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2007
MEMBER SINCE 2013
Calyx MEMBER SINCE 2017
Second Generation Limited MEMBER SINCE 2003
Cleveland Building & Construction Trades
Shrine of the Conversion of St. Paul
Council MEMBER SINCE 1987
MEMBER SINCE 1983
Masjid Bilal, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2017
Target Auto Service MEMBER SINCE 2013
Moody & Nolan Architects MEMBER SINCE 2016
Tavern Club Co. MEMBER SINCE 1985
NewBridge of Cleveland Center MEMBER SINCE 2017
The Orlean Company MEMBER SINCE 2017
New United Distributing Co.+ MEMBER SINCE 2014
Ullman Electric MEMBER SINCE 1995
OHM Advisors MEMBER SINCE 2017
University Commons MEMBER SINCE 2014
P & P Maintenance MEMBER SINCE 2015
Vocational Guidance Services MEMBER SINCE 2005
Plantscaping Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2000
Willo Security MEMBER SINCE 2017
RET-3 MEMBER SINCE 2017
Your Bean Counters, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2014
Rowfant Club MEMBER SINCE 2007
Ziska Architecture MEMBER SINCE 2011
Sequoia Realty MEMBER SINCE 2017
Zoller Biacsi Company MEMBER SINCE 2015
Signature Sign MEMBER SINCE 2004
Craig Miller, Attorney MEMBER SINCE 2017 Eversight MEMBER SINCE 2013
Cleveland Housing Network MEMBER SINCE 1995 Copy King MEMBER SINCE 2003
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities MEMBER SINCE 1983
The Dann Law Firm MEMBER SINCE 2016 Extro LLC MEMBER SINCE 2017
Fund for Our Economic Future MEMBER SINCE 2017 Glass Doctors MEMBER SINCE 1993
Graf Consultants MEMBER SINCE 2017 Graffiti MEMBER SINCE 1989
Li Wah Restaurant MEMBER SINCE 2006
Skybryte Company MEMBER SINCE 2004
$25-$249
Sterling Holdings MEMBER SINCE 2017
Adoption Network Cleveland MEMBER SINCE 2009
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland MEMBER SINCE 2016
Holiday Inn Cleveland MEMBER SINCE 2017
Artistic Cast, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1995
InterContinental Suites MEMBER SINCE 2017
Uncle Ben’s Pawn Shop MEMBER SINCE 2003
A-Z Furniture Company MEMBER SINCE 2016
Jon Ferrell MEMBER SINCE 2017
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Civista Bank MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2014
K P Photo Group, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1998
Cleveland Asian Festival MEMBER SINCE 2017
Your CFO Resource MEMBER SINCE 2017
Karen Gahl-Mills MEMBER SINCE 2017
Cleveland Kids in Need MEMBER SINCE 2009
Western Reserve School of Cooking at CCLK
Karnis Safe & Lock Co., Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1983
Cleveland Opera Theater MEMBER SINCE 2015
KeyBank MEMBER SINCE 2017
Cleveland Restoration Society MEMBER SINCE 2005
Kowit & Company MEMBER SINCE 2017
Dunham Tavern MEMBER SINCE 1989
Learn to Grow Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2017
East Side Organizing Project, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2016
Other Contributors
Mace Security International MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2014
City of Cleveland
Margaret W. Wong & Associates Company
Economic and Community Development
Cleveland Hillel Foundation
MEMBER SINCE 2003
Institute MEMBER SINCE 2017
The Cleveland Foundation
Global Cleveland MEMBER SINCE 2017
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory MEMBER SINCE 2011
Najm Real Estate, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1989 Nestle Professional North America+ MEMBER SINCE 2014
Greater Cleveland Community Shares MEMBER SINCE 2017
PNC Foundation
Greater Cleveland Volunteers MEMBER SINCE 2006
Third Federal Savings & Loan
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Cleveland Granite & Marble MEMBER SINCE 2017
Kids Book Bank MEMBER SINCE 2017
MidTown Support Staff and Leadersh Board
Board Profile
OFFICERS
TRUSTEES
This past year we welcomed ten new board members,
Chair Lloyd Bell *
Robert Brown
and will say goodbye to six long-serving board members
MEADEN & MOORE
Sharon El-Amin
Vice Chair Stephanie McHenry *
DEALER TIRE, LLC
One of those members is Maria
to placemaking efforts such
Paul Federico
Thompson, the Community
as painting the bridge at East
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP
Development Manager and CRE
55th, the neighborhood is
INFINITY CONSTRUCTION
Officer at Third Federal Bank,
changing and we have witnessed
Matt Fitzsimmons
who has served as a MidTown
significant milestones.” Maria
NICOLA, GUDBRANSON & COOPER, LLC
Board member for 11 years.
anticipates reading about
CUYAHOGA ARTS & CULTURE
“Midtown has accomplished
MidTown in the local media and
Pam Gill
a lot during my tenure on the
thinks the organization is set
RECOVERY RESOURCES
board,” said Maria. “From the
up for success. “It has been an
ribbon cutting at the MidTown
honor to serve on the board
Treasurer Paul Deutsch * BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
Secretary Matthew Salmon * PNC BANK
Founding Chairman Morton L. Mandel PARKWOOD CORPORATION
PA S T C H A I R S Kenneth J. Coleman
Jon Ferrell *
Karen Gahl-Mills
Marie Graf
GRAF CONSULTANTS
Tech Park developed by Geis
alongside really thoughtful,
MAGNET
which has become a signature
smart people and business
Jay Lucarelli
development for MidTown, to
owners from MidTown.” The
establishing the Chomp as an
MidTown board and staff thanks
ongoing neighborhood event,
Maria for her service.
Ethan Karp
MINUTE MEN STAFFING SERVICES
Michael L. Coticchia
Craig Melnick
John R. Cunin
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Daniel Fashimpaur G. Robert Klein Robert B. Lash M. John Lillis
Tim Miller
ABEONA THERAPEUTICS INC.
Elizabeth Newman *
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Michael Niro * NESTLE USA
John R. Melchiorre
Frank H. Porter *
Robert V. Munson
CENTRAL CADILLAC
Frank H. Porter
MARIA THOMPSON
MidTown has done a lot of good work ... the neighborhood is changing and we have witnessed significant milestones over the years.
Darnella Robertson NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
Tom Roberts
Jerome Rothenberg
Shelley Roth
JENCEN ARCHITECTURE
Thomas Roulston
at the end of this year who are term-limited.
CITY OF CLEVELAND/CONSULTANT
Maria Thompson THIRD FEDERAL
Don Scipione
Michael R. White *
Daniel C. Sussen
JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL FOUNDATION
* Executive Committee
22
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
Committees PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Chair Michael Niro
Elizabeth Newman
Chair Elizabeth Newman
Ethan Karp
CHAIR, NESTLE USA
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
MAGNET
Robert Brown
Frank Porter
Jerome Baker
Emily Lord
CITY PLANNING CONSULTANT
CENTRAL CADILLAC
YWCA OF CLEVELAND
ALBERT M. HIGLEY COMPANY
Paul Deutsch
Darnella Robertson
Susan Berger
Jorge Martinez
BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Sharon El-Amin
Jerry Rothenberg
Bob Conkey
Heather Maver
DEALER TIRE
JENCEN ARCHITECTURE
CROMWELL MECHANICAL LLC
OSWALD COMPANIES
Jon Ferrell
Matthew Salmon
Marc Dann
Jill Morris-Boardman
INFINITY CONSTRUCTION
PNC BANK
THE DANN LAW FIRM
STEPSTONE ACADEMY
Craig Melnick
Maria Thompson
Paul Federico
Albert Najieb
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
THIRD FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN
GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP
MASJID BILAL
Jon Ferrell
Tom O’Brien
INFINITY CONSTRUCTION
NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS
d hip FINANCE
GOVERNANCE
Pam Gill
Mike Parks
Chair Paul Deutsch
Chair Craig Melnick
RECOVERY RESOURCES
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Marie Graf
Diana Rosa
BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
GRAF CONSULTANTS
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Lloyd Bell
Lloyd Bell
Mike Hamilton
Matt Salmon
MEADEN & MOORE
MEADEN & MOORE
CENTRAL CADILLAC
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Stephanie McHenry
Matt Fitzsimmons
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
NICOLA, GUDBRANSON & COOPER, LLC
Tim Miller
Karen Gahl-Mills
ABEONA THERAPEUTICS
CUYAHOGA ARTS & CULTURE
Michael Niro
Michael R. White
NESTLE USA
JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL FOUNDATION
Matt Salmon
Joe Zumpano
EMERITUS
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
HOFF & LEIGH
Chair Frank H. Porter
Don Scipione
Kenneth Coleman
Dan Sussen
Dan Fashimpaur
Robert Lash
Morton L. Mandel
Robert Munson
Gordon Priemer
Jeff Epstein
Carmalette Kelly
Michael Lalich
Mythili Bhat
EX ECU TIVE DIR ECTOR
EXECU TI V E ASSI STAN T & M ANAG E R
PROJ ECT MA NAG E R
S PEC IA L PROJ ECTS I NT E R N
MIDTOWN CL E VE L AND, INC.
O F F IC E O PE RATIO N S
C LE V E LA ND HE A LT H-T EC H CO R R I DO R
D I RECTOR
Joyce Huang
Jay Gould
CLEVE L A ND HE A LTH-TECH CORRID O R
CIRI REGION 2 MANAGER & URBAN PLANNER
MA R K E T ING I NT E R N
23
2016 - 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR IN REVIEW
MidTown Cleveland, Inc. Staff
2016 Year in Review
MI DTOW N
2 01 6
Financial Data
S TAT E M E N T O F AC T I V I T Y
Undesignated
Board Designated
Temporarily Restricted
2016
2015
Support & Revenue
775,486
1,608
484,169
1,261,263
719,592
Restricted Assets Released
96,217
—
(96,217)
—
—
Total Revenue & Support
871,703
1,608
387,952
1,261,263
719,592
Program Services
594,221
—
—
594,221
871,215
General & Administrative
89,952
—
—
89,952
113,693
Fundraising
47,271
—
—
47,271
60,778
Total Expenses
731,444
—
—
731,444
1,045,686
Change in Net Assets
140,259
1,608
387,952
529,819
(326,094)
Net Assets | B E G I N N I N G
1,068,307
22,229
151,410
1,241,946
1,568,040
Net Assets | E N D I N G
1,208,566
23,837
539,362
1,771,765
1,241,946
EXPENSES
Change in net assets reflects grant revenue recognized from multi-year grant and only 6 months of associated expense. This financial statement is an excerpt from MidTown’s 2016 audit. The complete audit is available upon request.
12
33
%
%
Membership & In-Kind Donations
Land Sales & Rental Income
2%
Other M I DTOWN
Funding
5%
Government Grants
7%
Special Project Contributions
41
%
Foundation Grants
24
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
MIDTOWN BY
T H E
N U M B E R S
27 11 Businesses & organizations attracted in the past year
T H R O U G H T H E H E A LT H -T E C H C O R R I D O R
Meetings and events coordinated by the MidTown staff in 2016
I M AG E S C O U R T E S Y O F T H E I R R E S P E C T I V E I N S T I T U T I O N S U N L E S S O T H E R W I S E N O T E D.
3100
$
1650
4675
Twitter followers for MidTown
Twitter followers for the Health-Tech Corridor
500,000
invested into two startups by the HTC Investment Fund
Attendees at MidTown events 2016
2017 Annual Report 5000 EUCLID AVENUE SUITE 100 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44103
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